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Meta-tag Spam Declared Illegal in Germany

Posted by Hemos on from the about-freakin'-time dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "According to Heise.de, a German court ruled excessive use of meta-keywords in HTML unlawful. Meta-tag keywords may still be used if they are in strong relation to the page. The decision does not address more popular search engine spamming methods of today (as meta-keywords are ignored by Google, they are rarely used as core strategy for Search Engine Optimization)." <update> Thanks to Michael Mol for the translation to English pointer.

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  1. Re:Freedom of speech? by RWerp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The last time I checked, the USA never ratified the Convention on Rights of Child. Or the Landmine ban.

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